New Zealand in SA
Proteas in control in PE
2013-01-11 15:10
Hashim Amla (Gallo Images)
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Port Elizabeth - The Proteas are in control of the second Test against New Zealand at tea on Day 1 at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth on Friday.
The hosts were on 191/3 when the umpires called for tea.
Proteas skipper
Graeme Smith was been dismissed shortly after reaching his half century, when he was caught by wicketkeeper BJ Watling off the bowling of SA-born Neil Wagner for 54.
Jacques Kallis soon followed his captain back to the pavillion when he was also caught by Watling, this time off the bowling of Doug Bracewell for eight.
Meanwhile, runs flowed freely before lunch as
South Africa went into the break on 99/1.
The hosts, who
lead the series 1-0, made one forced change to the team which beat New
Zealand in Cape Town, with seam bowler Rory Kleinveldt replacing the
injured Vernon Philander.
The Black Caps made two changes, fielding a total of three South African-born players.
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Colin
Munro, born in Durban, replaced James Franklin, who was suffering from a
hamstring injury, and the more aggressive left-arm seamer Neil Wagner
took Chris Martin’s place.
Wagner learnt his cricket at Afrikaans
High School for Boys in Pretoria and made his first-class debut for
Northerns in the 2005/06 season. He represented the National Academy
side before plying his trade overseas.
Wicketkeeper BJ Watling hailed from Durban but moved to New Zealand when he was 10.
Facing
the first delivery of the morning, Alviro Petersen wasted no time as he
edged Trent Boult to the fine-leg boundary for four.
Not long
afterwards, though, Proteas captain Graeme Smith was struck on the
helmet after he turned his back on a bouncer from Doug Bracewell. Badly
shaken, Smith received on-field treatment but was back on his feet soon
enough.
The pair ran well between the wickets until Bracewell
bowled another short one and Petersen went for the hook shot. His
top-edge found the safe hands of Jeetan Patel at fine-leg and Petersen
was out for 21.
At 29/1, Hashim Amla joined Smith and steered the hosts safely through to the lunch break.
Smith was unbeaten on 40 and Amla on 32 with both batsmen having scored five boundaries each.
Teams
South Africa:
Graeme Smith (captain), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla,
Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (wk), Francois du Plessis, Dean Elgar,
Robin Peterson, Rory Kleinveldt, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel
New
Zealand:
Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (captain), Kane Williamson, Dean
Brownlie, Daniel Flynn, BJ Watling (wk), Colin Munro, Doug Bracewell,
Trent Boult, Jeetan Patel, Neil Wagner